An armed man escaped through the back door of a Winnetka home and remained at large after members of a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team held positions outside of it for hours Friday morning. The man was holed up in a vacant home near Oso Avenue and Leadwell Street, said Officer Sal Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Metropolitan Division. Lopez said the man pointed a gun at police officers who attempted to stop him in that area at 10:48 p.m. Thursday, but the man did not shoot.

San Diego - A 23-year-old man was found slain Friday on the grounds of Gompers Preparatory Academy. A school employee raising a flag in front of the Chollas View-area campus about 5:45 a.m. spotted the body of Cherkeiray Jones of San Diego, according to police. Jones appeared to have suffered at least one gunshot wound to his upper body, Lt. Todd Griffin said.

A man is dead after an overnight shooting Friday at a Henderson apartment complex. The Clark County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 32-year-old Angel Thompson of Henderson. His official cause of death is still pending.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- Paramedics rushed a 20-year-old man to the hospital after he was shot early Friday morning in a grocery store parking lot. Police blocked off a section of the Albertsons parking lot at the Marysville Town Center Mall. Evidence markers lined the scene where the shooting happened around 4 a.m.

Police say a person, found dead inside a vehicle parked at a SW OKC grocery store, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities tell News 9 the call went out as a welfare check at a Walmart store located near SW 104th St. and I-44. When officers arrived on scene they located an adult male dead inside a red Kia.

Police say four children were sound asleep when one of several bullets fired at their northeast Wichita home came through their bedroom window. The drive-by shooting happened at around 5 a.m. Friday in the 2200 block of North Minneapolis, near 21st Street North and I-135, Sgt. Nikki Woodrow said. A man and woman told officers several bullets hit the home. One round went through their children's bedroom window while they slept.

According to several sources, no single area was retaken by Syrian government forces so far in Hama, however, Syrian government forces were able to repel an Syrian rebel attack on Qomhana today, northern Hama, Syria.

A Shreveport police officer was injured early Friday evening when he was accidentally struck by another officer's bullet intended for a dog and did not accidentally shoot himself as KSLA News 12 initially reported. The dog was reportedly charging the officers who were responding to a call about a fight on Judson street when it happened, according to SPD Cpl. Marcus Hines.

Will County sheriff's deputies were called about 9 p.m. to the 13000 block of Kittyhawk Court in Plainfield Township for a report of gunfire, according to sheriff's office spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer. When they arrived, police saw Carlos A. Ramirez Jr., 18; Vercell Moorehead, 19; and a 17-year-old boy walking down the street, Hoffmeyer said. Deputies spoke with the trio before going to talk with two brothers, ages 18 and 16, who reported the shots.

A teenage boy was shot Friday afternoon in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 2:51 p.m., the 16-year-old was shot in the leg in the 6600 block of South Francisco, according to Chicago Police.

A teenage boy was shot in the head Friday afternoon in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side. About 3:15 p.m., the 17-year-old was shot in the head in the 3800 block of South Langley Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

A man was shot in the back Friday afternoon in the 800 block of North Booker Street in Lake Charles, police said. Lt. Richard Harrell, Lake Charles police spokesman, said the victim, age 53, was transported to a local hospital.

A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The 17-year-old was sitting in front of a home at 2:32 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Peoria when multiple people walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

A man was wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. The 31-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the hand at 2:42 p.m. in the 900 block of East 63rd Street, according to Chicago Police.

Two men were shot Friday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 3:20 p.m., a 19-year-old was shot in the torso and an 18-year-old was shot in the stomach in the 1700 block of West 72nd Street, according to Chicago Police.

A man was shot Friday evening in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. The 20-year-old was walking at 4:53 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Laflin Street when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

A man was carjacked at gunpoint early Friday morning in west suburban Naperville. Just before 5 a.m., officers were called to the BP station at 1983 Brookdale Rd. for reports of an armed robbery, according to Naperville police. They arrived to find a 40-year-old man who told them he had been carjacked.

BELLEVUE (WLUK) -- Authorities are investigating an apparent suicide at a shooting range in Bellevue. The Brown County Sheriff's Office says the death happened at the Family Shooting Academy, 1976 Verlin Rd.

A man was critically wounded in a shooting Thursday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. About 10:30 p.m., the 20-year-old was driving a white car south in the 6600 block of South Racine when he was shot in the head, according to Chicago Police.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the 1900 block of Fairlawn Avenue, Southeast, on Friday, March 24, 2017. At approximately 12:30 am, officers from the Sixth District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult male, suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS transported the victim to an area hospital where all lifesaving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead. The decedent has been identified as 32-year-old Maurice Nathaniel Jackson of Southeast, DC.

A Wilmington residence and a business were struck by gunfire Thursday morning. According to Wilmington Police Department officials, officers responded to the 800 block of S. Sixth Street shortly after 11 a.m. after a 911 call about shots being fired in the area.

Police are investigating after a man fired a pistol on a busy street and then ran from police before being arrested. The incident occurred near the intersection of Washington Street West and Hanna Drive just east of the Go-Mart convenience store at around 8:45 p.m. Thursday.

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – One person is in critical condition following a shooting near the intersection of Alum Creek Drive and East Livingston Avenue. According to Columbus police, it happened just before 8:30pm.

A Wainwright woman was arrested on a complaint of distribution of controlled dangerous substances within 2,000 feet of a school, said Muskogee County Sheriff Rob Frazier. Janet Miller, 53, was arrested Friday morning when nine deputies and the sheriff executed a warrant at Miller's residence, recovering drugs packaged for sale, along with $4,400 in cash and a .30-30 rifle.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- Authorities confirm that one person is dead while another is seriously injured in Friday night's double shooting. LRPD responded to the scene of a Double shooting in south Little Rock around 8:30 p.m..

A witness tells Youngstown police that she was in the East Side home when two men wearing masks fatally shot one man and wounded a woman. Ronald Lewis, 49, was shot to death death in the upstairs bedroom his is home on the 1300 block of Atkinson Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. Friday.

TRENTON - A 25-year-old man was shot multiple times Friday afternoon on Lamberton Street in South Trenton, police said. Police were called to the 500 block at about 3 p.m. for a reported shooting and found the man on the sidewalk near a front stoop.

A man is in Taney County Jail facing a first-degree murder charge for the shooting death of his ex-wife. According to a police report from the Taney County Sheriff’s Office, Eldon E. Ault Jr., 73, is accused of shooting Deanna Merritt, 70, in the head.

Youngstown police converged on a South Side neighborhood following a Friday afternoon shooting. Two people were shot on the 3500 block of Hillman Street, near the intersection of West Ravenwood shorty before 4 p.m.

PERRYSVILLE, Ohio - An Ashland County woman is in custody accused of shooting her son-in-law in the face Friday morning. The Ashland County Prosecutor's Office is now considering a felonious assault charge against 53-year-old Elizabeth Sivey.

Jacksonville, Fla. - A man is recovering Friday after he was shot in the leg just after midnight on Ken Night Drive, off Moncrief Road in the city's Ribault neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said. At around 12:51 a.m., police found the victim, who had made it about a block away to the Washington Heights Apartments. The man was transported to UF Health Jacksonville with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said

Three people suffered injuries in shooting during Senior Skip Day events at Tom Bradford Park. Birmingham police say students from Huffman High School were having a water gun fight and throwing water balloons and eggs at the park.

SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. - A teenager who was shot and a man who was carjacked both were planning to meet up with a female from a social media app when their assailants struck, according to the South Daytona Police Department. The first incident was reported around midnight Thursday. A 17-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man were in a 2016 Ford F150 on their way to meet a female the teen had been talking to, according to a news release.

MIAMI - A man was found dead by a passerby Friday morning in front of a synagogue in Miami, authorities said. Miami police said officers and Miami Fire Rescue responded to Beth David Congregation at 2625 SW Third Ave. and found a man on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound.

A Springfield man was shot and killed Friday morning in the city's second homicide of the year, both coming in the span of eight days. Brandon Jamal Dearmond, 30, of Charles St., was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1300 block of Linden Avenue.

A driver was fatally shot after hitting a 4-year-old boy in Walnut Hills Friday, according to Cincinnati Police. The child was crossing the 2300 block of Kenton Street around noon when he was struck by a silver car.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has identified the man who was shot and killed Friday morning outside of a nightclub at the Markets at Town Center. According to police, Sina Sharifai, 24, was shot after an argument broke out involving the suspect, Toray Anthony Ricketts, 24, in the parking lot of Suite Night Club around 2:10 a.m. Police said during the altercation, Ricketts went to his car and grabbed a handgun. When he returned, the argument was still going on and the suspect shot at Sharifai two times, police said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating an undetermined death on the city's Eastside. JSO said the incident happened at 1100 E. 10th Street. According to police the victim was shot in front of his home.

The Montgomery Police Department is investigating an early Friday morning shooting that left a man with serious injuries. Department spokesperson Martha Earnhardt said the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. in the vicinity of Bragg Street and Early Street.

Police say someone shot at a man in a Tulsa home early Friday, wounding him in the arm. Officers were called to the corner of Virgin and North Lewis Place just before 3:45 a.m. after 911 callers reported hearing over a dozen gunshots.

MUNCIE, Ind. – Investigators released new details about an early morning officer-involved shooting in Muncie Friday. According to Indiana State Police, the Muncie Police Department requested ISP’s help in investigating the incident, which started around 2:30 a.m.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 35-year-old man was shot to death early Friday in Cleveland's Kamm's Corners neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened about 1:20 a.m. Friday in the 4100 block of Rocky River Drive, between Sedalia and Valley View avenues.

Police are investigating an incident at a Middletown bar where three people were shot and another person was injured early Friday morning.
Pennsylvania State Police say they were called to the River House Bar and Grill on the 2400 block of East Harrisburg Pike in Middletown for reports of a shooting between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Friday.

PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - An armed home invasion suspect was shot by his would-be victim during an incident early Friday morning in Wissonoming, according to Philadelphia Police. The incident occurred on the 6100 block of Hegerman Street around 12:30 a.m.